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PositionSECURITY - 2018 CyberPatriot competition - Brief article

If you're a teenager who knows your way around a computer, the U.S. government wants your help. With hacking and cybercrimes a real threat to national security, a search is on for the best anti-hackers of the future. The annual CyberPatriot competition, which kicks off next month and involves 25,000 high school and middle school students, works like this: Teams are given the task of managing the computer network of a fictional company. They earn points for fixing weaknesses in the system that leave it vulnerable to hackers. The teams with the most points in their geographical...

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